Greek Onion Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 32 ounces canned beef broth
• 3/4 lb ground lamb
• 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
• 2 large onions, sliced
• 1/2 lb orzo pasta
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 stalks celery
• crouton
• 8 ounces mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 melt butter in large pan and sautee onions in 2 t. butter until browned.
• 3 add 32 ounces beef broth to pan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
• 4 in the meantime, chop the parsley and mix into the ground lamb.
• 5 melt remaining 2 t butter in frying pan and brown the lamb mixture.
• 6 when broth is boiling, add the orzo, lamb, bay leaves, black pepper and celery stalks.
• 7 simmer over low heat about 10 minutes.
• 8 remove celery stalks and bay leaves.
• 9 transfer soup into a large oven proof caserole or a dutch oven.
• 10 cover soup with croutons and cheese.
• 11 do not cover.
• 12 bake for about 20 minutes until broth is bubbly and cheese is melted.